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Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Old Wadena Rendezvous and Music Festival schedule
Saturday's highlights
Traditional Native American Indian flute music by Jon Romer, starting at 10 a.m. Romer is making his sixth stop at the Old Wadena Music Festival. He is from Cass Lake and often performs for community events on the Leech Lake Reservation. He has a long musical resume, including many years as vocal director for Gustavus Adolphus College and music director for the Leech Lake Tribal College.
Leo and Kathy Lara, 11:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. They involve their audience with the nueva cancion (new song) of the South American Andes, using a wide variety of authentic instruments. They bring the sounds of Latin America to life as they play and share the stories and traditions of the South American people and cultures.
Chickpeace (Dee Furfaro and April Larson) will perform a combination of Celtic, folk, traditional American and other music, 12:45 and 3:30 p.m. Furfaro does lead and harmony vocals and plays several instruments, including the washboard. Larson sings lead and harmony vocals and plays acoustic guitar, keyboard, Celtic harp, mandolin, accordion and banjo.
Sunday's highlights
Jon Romer, 11 a.m.
Ole Oleson (noon) will have more of his stories from the Norwegian immigrant experience.
At 1:15 p.m. Yeltzi, will provide alternative bluegrass music. Jason Wussow and Sarah Softich combine fiddle music and acoustic and electric guitar. Softich's interest in music began at an early age while growing up on Minnesota's Iron Range. In 2004, she released "Rusted and Bent," featuring alternative bluegrass songs inspired by her small-town northern Minnesota roots. She toured regionally, nationally and internationally with "Rusted and Bent," performing nearly 100 shows in 2005 at music festivals, colleges and pubs. In the fall of 2005, Softich began recording "Pipe Dream," a collection of piano songs she wrote.
Dave Mehling of Duluth, 2 p.m.
At 2:45 p.m., Caitlin Robertson, singer-songwriter from Gainesville, Fla., and LeAnn Perius, singer-songwriter from Brainerd, will join forces. Later, after their set, they will join in a jam session with other performers to end the day's entertainment.
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